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The Industrial Revolution was followed by the phase of high industrialization during the German Empire. The (catch-up) Industrial Revolution in Germany differed from that of the pioneering country of Great Britain in that the key industries became not the textile industry but coal production, steel production and railroad construction.
From 1990 the positive and negative distortions generated by German reunification set in, and the West German economy began to reorient itself toward economic and political union with what had been East Germany. The economy turned gradually and massively from its primarily West European and global orientation toward an increasingly intense ...
In the 1830s, there were some 1,850 mechanical looms in the city, giving work to 6,500 weavers. By 1850, the area of Aachen had taken the lead in Germany in the production of textiles, with 17,800 workers employed. [15] Aachen was a hub for industrial textile production in 1911, with 103 active cloth factories.
Historicist building by Arwed Roßbach in Leipzig, Germany (1892). Gründerzeit (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁʏndɐˌtsaɪt] ⓘ; lit. ' founders' period ') refers to an economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before the great stock market crash of 1873, and a Central European architectural style, often historicist in character, which lasted from the mid- to late-19th century.
The Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, London, 1851 Early industrialisation in Germany, the city of Barmen in 1870. Painting by August von Wille. Aplerbecker Hütte, an industrialised area of Dortmund, Germany, c. 1910. The United Kingdom was the first country in the world to industrialise. [6]
The painting Germania, possibly by Philipp Veit, hung inside the Frankfurt parliament, the first national parliament in German history. The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (German: Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (German: Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
The Industrial Revolution brought factories to Europe, especially England and Scotland, 1750s to 1830s. France and the U.S. experienced its industrial revolution in the early 19th century; Germany in the 19th century; and to Russia in the early-mid 20th century.
Thirty Years' War: A war began which would cause massive devastation and loss of life, primarily in Germany. [29] [30] 1629: 6 March: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II issued the Edict of Restitution, which demanded that lands expropriated since and in contradiction to the terms of the Peace of Augsburg be restored to the Catholic Church. 1631: ...